Based on the Books service being discontinued
Mid-Continent Public Library announced that this service will no longer be provided after October 2, 2023. If you are from another library and wish to explore providing this service, please contact Library Systems Manager Nathan Wittmaier at nwittmaier@mymcpl.org.
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| L.A. Confidential / Ellroy, James | L.A. Confidential (1997) |
| La Bête Humaine / Zola, Émile | Human Desire (1954) |
| La Chienne / De La Fouchardière, Georges | Scarlett Street (1945) |
| La Douceur Assassine / Dorner, Francoise | Last Love (2013) |
| La Position Du Tireur Couché / Jean-Patrick, Manchette | Gunman, The (2015) |
| La Sanfelice / Dumas, Alexandre | Emma Hamilton (1968) |
| Labor Day / Maynard, Joyce | Labor Day (2013) |
| LAbyrinth: A Detective Investigates the Murders of Tupac Shakur and Notorious B.I.G., the Implication of Death Row Records' Suge Knight, and the Origins of the Los Angeles Police Scandal / Sullivan, Randall | City of Lies (2019) |
| Lad: A Dog / Terhune, Albert Payson | Lad: A Dog (1962) |
| Laddie: A True Blue Story / Stratton-Porter, Gene | Laddie (1940) |
| Lady and the Panda, The / Harkness, Ruth | China: The Panda Adventure (2001) |
| Lady Chatterley's Lover / Lawrence, D. H. | Lady Chatterley's Lover (1981) |
| Lady in Cement, The / Albert, Marvin | Lady in Cement (1968) |
| Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun, The / Japrisot, Sébastien | Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun, The (1970) |
| Lady in the Water: A Bedtime Story / Shyamalan, M. Night | Lady in the Water (2006) |
| Lady Windermere's Fan (play) / Wilde, Oscar | Good Woman, A (2004) |
| Lamb / Nadzam, Bonnie | Lamb (2015) |
| Lamp, The / Stovall, Jim | Lamp, The (2011) |
| Land Girls, The / Huth, Angela | Land Girls, The (1998) |
| Land of Steady Habits, The / Thompson, Ted | Land of Steady Habits, The (2018) |
| Land That Time Forgot, The / Burroughs, Edgar Rice | Land That Time Forgot, The (1975) |
| Landslide / Bagley, Desmond | Landslide (1992) |
| Lassie Come Home / Knight, Eric | Lassie Come Home (1943) |
| Last Angry Man, The / Green, Gerald | Last Angry Man, The (1959) |
| Last Detail, The / Ponicsan, Darryl | Last Detail, The (1973) |
| Last Exit to Brooklyn / Selby, Jr., Hubert | Last Exit to Brooklyn (1989) |
| Last Flag Flying / Ponicsan, Darryl | Last Flag Flying (2017) |
| Last Frontier / Roberts, Richard Emery | Last Frontier, The (1955) |
| Last Frontier, The / MacLean, Alistair | Secret Ways, The (1961) |
| Last Frontier, The / Fast, Howard | Cheyenne Autumn (1964) |
| Last Good Time, The / Bausch, Richard | Last Good Time, The (1994) |
| Last Hunt, The / Lott, Milton | Last Hunt, The (1956) |
| Last Kids on Earth, The (series) / Brallier, Max | Last Kids on Earth, The (series) (2019) |
| Last King of Scotland, The / Foden, Giles | Last King of Scotland (2006) |
| Last Kingdon, The (series) / Cornwell, Bernard | Last Kingdon, The (series) (2015) |
| Last Legion, The / Manfredi, Valerio | Last Legion, The (2007) |
| Last Mountain / Fleet, Robert | Last Mountain (2005) |
| Last of the Duanes / Grey, Zane | Last of the Duanes (1941) |
| Last of the High Kings, The / MacAnna, Ferdia | Last of the High Kings, The (1996) |
| Last of the Mohicans, The / Cooper, James Fenimore | Last of the Mohicans, The (1992) |
| Last Orders / Swift, Graham | Last Orders (2001) |
| Last Picture Show, The / McMurtry, Larry | Last Picture Show, The (1971) |
| Last Rampage: The Escape of Gary Tison / Clarke, James W. | Last Rampage: The Escape of Gary Tison (2017) |
| Last Ride, The / Eidson, Thomas | Missing, The (2003) |
| Last September, The / Bowen, Elizabeth | Last September, The (1999) |
| Last Ship, The / Brinkley, William | Last Ship, The (series) (2014) |
| Last Sin Eater, The / Rivers, Francine | Last Sin Eater, The (2007) |
| Last Song, The / Sparks, Nicholas | Last Song, The (2010) |
| Last Stand at Papago Wells / L'Amour, Louis | Apache Territory (1958) |
| Last Summer / Hunter, Evan | Last Summer (1969) |
| Last Sunset, The / Rigsby, Howard | Last Sunset, The (1961) |
| Last Temptation of Christ / Kazantzakis, Nikos | Last Temptation of Christ (1988) |
| Last Thing He Wanted, The / Didion, Joan | Last Thing He Wanted, The (2020) |
| Last Tycoon, The / Fitzgerald, F. Scott | Last Tycoon, The (series) (2016) |
| Last Tycoon, The / Fitzgerald, F. Scott | Last Tycoon, The (1976) |
| Last Unicorn, The / Beagle, Peter S. | Last Unicorn, The (2004) |
| Last Valley, The / Pick, J.B. | Last Valley, The (1971) |
| Last Voyage of the Albatross, The / Gieg, Charles F. | White Squall (1996) |
| Late George Apley, The: A Novel in the Form of a Memoir / Marquand, John P. | Late George Apley, The (1947) |
| Laughing Anne & One Day More / Conrad, Joseph | Laughing Anne (1953) |
| Laughing Policeman, The / Wahlöö, Per | Laughing Policeman, The (1973) |
| Laura / Caspary, Vera | Laura (1944) |
| Law Man / Leighton, Lee | Star in the Dust (1956) |
| Lawnmower Man, The (short story) / King, Stephen | Lawnmower Man, The (1992) |
| Laws of Attraction (story) / Friendly, David T. | Laws of Attraction (2004) |
| Lay the Favorite: A Memoir of Gambling / Ramer, Beth | Lay the Favorite (2012) |
| Le Lion / Kessel, Joseph | Lion, The (1962) |
| Le Petite Prince / De Saint-Exupéry, Antoine | Little Prince, The (1974) |
| Le Petite Prince / De Saint-Exupéry, Antoine | Little Prince, The (2015) |
| Leaf Men and the Brave Good Bugs, The / Joyce, William | Epic (2013) |
| Lean on Pete: A Novel / Vlautin, Willy | Lean on Pete (2017) |
| Learning Tree, The / Parks, Gordon | Learning Tree, The (1969) |
| Leatherstocking Tales, The (series) / Cooper, James Fenimore | Iroquois Trail, The (1950) |
| Leave Her to Heaven / Williams , Ben Ames | Leave Her to Heaven (1945) |
| Leaving Cheyenne / McMurtry, Larry | Lovin' Molly (1974) |
| Leaving Las Vegas / O'Brien, John | Leaving Las Vegas (1995) |
| Left Behind (series) / LaHaye, Tim F. | Left Behind (2001) |
| Left Behind (series) / LaHaye, Tim F. | Left Behind (2014) |
| Left Hand of God, The / Barrett, William E. | Left Hand of God, The (1955) |
| Leftovers, The / Perrotta, Tom | Leftovers, The (series) (2014) |
| Legacy / Bonner, Charles | Adam Had Four Sons (1941) |
| Legally Blonde / Brown, Amanda | Legally Blonde (2001) |
| Legend of Bagger Vance, The: Golf and the Game of Life / Pressfield, Steven | Legend of Bagger Vance, The (2000) |
| Legend of Sleeping Hollow, The (short story) / Irving, Washington | Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad (1949) |
| Legend of Sleeping Hollow, The (short story) / Irving, Washington | Sleepy Hollow (1999) |
| Legend of Sleepy Hollow, The (short story) / Irving, Washington | Sleepy Hollow (series) (2013) |
| Legends / Littell, Robert | Legends (series) (2014) |
| Legion / Blatty, William Peter | Legion (2016) |
| Legion / Blatty, William Peter | Exorcist III, The (1990) |
| Lemonade Mouth / Hughes, Mark Peter | Lemonade Mouth (2011) |
| Lenny: A Play, Based on the Life and Words of Lenny Bruce (play) / Barry, Julian | Lenny (1974) |
| Les Cavaliers / Kessel, Joseph | Horsemen, The (1971) |
| Les Misérables / Hugo, Victor | Les Misérables (1952) |
| Les Misérables / Hugo, Victor | Les Misérables (2012) |
| Les Misérables / Hugo, Victor | Les Misérables (1998) |
| Les Misérables / Hugo, Victor | Les Misérables (series) (2018) |
| Less Than Zero / Ellis, Bret Easton | Less Than Zero (1987) |
| Let It Go: A True Story of Tragedy and Forgiveness / Williams, Chris | Just Let Go (2015) |
| Let No Man Write My Epitaph / Motley, Willard | Let No Man Write My Epitaph (1960) |
| Let the Right One In / Lindqvist, John Ajvide | Let Me In (2010) |
| Let's Kill Uncle / O'Grady, Rohan | Let's Kill Uncle (1966) |
| Letter from an Unknown Woman / Zweig, Stefan | Letter from an Unknown Woman (1948) |
| Letter, The / Maugham, W. Somerset | Letter, The (1940) |
| Leviathan Wakes (series) / Corey, James S. A. | Expanse, The (series) (2015) |
| Liaisons Dangereuses, Les / De Laclos, Choderlos | Cruel Intentions (1999) |
| Liaisons Dangereuses, Les / De Laclos, Choderlos | Dangerous Liasons (1988) |
| Liberation of Lord Byron Jones, The / Ford, Jesse Hill | Liberation of L.B. Jones, The (1970) |
| Lie, The / Fontainne, Ashley | Foreseen (2019) |
| Life and Death of Peter Sellers, The / Lewis, Roger | Life and Death of Peter Sellers, The (2004) |
| Life and Loves of a She-Devil, The / Weldon, Fay | She-Devil (1989) |
| Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Esq. / Sterne, Laurence | Cock and Bull Story, A (2005) |
| Life and Times of Cleopatra, The / Franzero, Carlo Maria | Cleopatra (1963) |
| Life at These Speeds / Jackson, Jeremy | 1 Mile to You (2017) |
| Life Before Her Eyes, The / Kasischke, Laura | Life Before Her Eyes, The (2007) |
| Life of Lucy Gallant, The / Cousins, Margaret | Lucy Gallant (1955) |
| Life of Pi / Martel, Yann | Life of Pi (2012) |
| Life with Father / Day, Clarence | Life with Father (1947) |
| Life with Mother Superior / Trahey, Jane | Trouble withe Angels, The (1966) |
| Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up, The: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing / Kondō, Marie | Tidying Up with Marie Kondo (series) (2019) |
| Light as a Feather (series) / Aarsen, Zoe | LIght as a Feather (series) (2018) |
| Light Between Oceans, The / Stedman, M.L. | Light Between Oceans, The (2016) |
| Light in the Piazza, The / Spencer, Elizabeth | Light in the Piazza (1962) |
| Light of Day, The / Ambler, Eric | Topkapi (1964) |
| Light of the Western Stars, The / Grey, Zane | Light of the Western Stars, The (1940) |
| Light That Failed, The / Kipling, Rudyard | Light That Failed, The (1939) |
| Lighthouse at the End of the World, The / Verne, Jules | Light at the Edge of the World, The (1971) |
| Lightning Thief, The (series) / Riordan, Rick | Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief (2010) |
| Lights Out / Kendrick, Baynard | Bright Victory (1951) |
| Like a Fire is Burning / Lund, Gerald N. | Work and the Glory: American Zion (2005) |
| Like Water for Chocolate / Esquivel, Laura | Like Water for Chocolate (1992) |
| Lilies of the Field, The / Barrett, William E. | Lilies of the Field (1963) |
| Lilith / Salamanca, J.R. | Lilith (1964) |
| Lincoln Conspiracy, The / Balsiger, David | Lincoln Conspiracy, The (1977) |
| Lincoln Lawyer, The / Connelly, Michael | Lincoln Lawyer, The (2011) |
| Lion in Winter, The (play) / Goldman, James | Lion in Winter, The (1968) |
| Lion is in the Streets, A / Langley, Adria Locke | Lion is in the Streets, A (1953) |
| Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, The (series) / Lewis, C. S. | Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005) |
| Lions At The Kill, The / Catto, Max | Seven Thieves (1960) |
| Lisa and Lottie / Kästner, Erich | Parent Trap, The (1998) |
| Lisa and Lottie / Kästner, Erich | Parent Trap, The (1961) |
| List of Adrian Messenger, The / MacDonald, Philip | List of Adrian Messenger, The (1963) |
| Little Big Man / Berger, Thomas | Little Big Man (1970) |
| Little Brothers of St. Mortimer / Ryan, John F. | White River Kid, The (1999) |
| Little Children / Perrotta, Tom | Little Children (2006) |
| Little Drummer Girl, The / Le Carré, John | Little Drummer Girl, The (series) (2018) |
| Little Drummer Girl, The / Le Carré, John | Little Drummer Girl, The (1984) |
| Little Fires Everywhere / Ng, Celeste | Little Fires Everywhere (series) (2020) |
| Little House in the Big Woods (series) / Wilder, Laura Ingalls | Little House on the Prairie (series) (1974) |
| Little Men: Life at Plumfield with Jo's Boys / Alcott, Lousia May | Little Men (1997) |
| Little Mermaid, The / Andersen, Hans Christian | Little Mermaid (2016) |
| Little Miss Marker / Runyon, Damon | Little Miss Marker (1980) |
| Little Orvie / Tarkington, Booth | Little Orvie (1940) |
| Little Pink House: A True Story of Defiance and Courage / Benedict, Jeff | Little Pink House (2017) |
| Little Princess, A / Burnett, Frances | Little Princess, A (1995) |
| Little Princess, A / Burnett, Frances | Little Princess, The (1939) |
| Little Savage, The / Marryat, Frederick | Little Savage, The (1959) |
| Little Sister, The / Chandler, Raymond | Marlowe (1969) |
| Little Vampire, The (series) / Sommer-Bodenburg, Angela | Little Vampire, The (2000) |
| Little Women / Alcott, Lousia May | Little Women (1949) |
| Little Women / Alcott, Lousia May | Little Women (series) (2018) |
| Little Women / Alcott, Louisa May | Little Women (2019) |
| Little Women / Alcott, Louisa May | Little Women (2018) |
| Little Women / Alcott, Lousia May | Little Women (1994) |
| Live By Night / Lehane, Dennis | Live By Night (2017) |
| Living Daylights, The (short story) / Fleming, Ian | Living Daylights, The (1987) |
| Lizzie / Jackson, Shirley | Lizzie (1957) |
| Locke & Key (graphic novel) / Hill, Joe | Locke & Key (series) (2020) |
| Lodger, The / Lowndes, Marie Belloc | Man in the Attic (1953) |
| Lodger, The / Lowndes, Marie Belloc | Lodger, The (1944) |
| Lodger, The / Lowndes, Marie Belloc | Lodger, The (2009) |
| Logan's Run / Nolan, William F. | Logan's Run (1976) |
| Lolita / Nabokov, Vladimir Vladimirovich | Lolita (1997) |
| Lolita / Nabokov, Vladimir Vladimirovich | Lolita (1962) |
| Lolly-Madonna War, The / Grafton, Sue | Lolly-Madonna XXX (1973) |
| London Boulevard / Bruen, Ken | London Boulevard (2010) |
| London Fields / Amis, Martin | London Fields (2018) |
| Lone Cowboy / James, Will | Shoot Out (1971) |
| Lone Star Ranger, The / Grey, Zane | Lone Star Ranger (1942) |
| Lone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of Seal Team 10 / Lutrell, Marcus | Lone Survivor (2014) |
| Lone Wolf / Vance, Louis Joseph | One Dangerous Night (1943) |
| Lone Wolf / Vance, Louis Joseph | Secrets of the Lone Wolf (1941) |
| Lonely Guy's Book of Life, The / Friedman, Bruce Jay | Lonely Guy, The (1984) |
| Lonely Lady, The / Robbins, Harold | Lonely Lady, The (1983) |
| Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne, The / Moore, Brian | Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne, The (1987) |
| Long Goodbye, The / Chandler, Raymond | Long Goodbye, The (1973) |
| Long March to Freedom: Tom Hargrove's Own Story of His Kidnapping by Colombian Narco-Guerillas / Hargrove, Thomas | Proof of Life (2000) |
| Long Midnight of Barney Thomson, The / Lindsay, Douglas | Barney Thomson (2015) |
| Long Prison Journey of Leslie Van Houten: Life Beyond the Cult, The / Faith, Karlene | Charlie Says (2019) |
| Long Wait, The / Spillane, Mickey | Long Wait, The (1954) |
| Long Way Down, A / Hornby, Nick | Long Way Down, A (2014) |
| Long Way Home, A / Brierley, Saroo | Lion (2016) |
| Long, Long Trailer, The / Twiss, Clinton | Long, Long Trailer, The (1953) |
| Longest Ride, The / Sparks, Nicholas | Longest Ride, The (2015) |
| Looking for Alaska / Green, John | Looking for Alaska (series) (2019) |
| Looking for Alibrandi / Marchetta, Melina | Looking for Alibrandi (2000) |
| Looking for Mr. Goodbar / Rossner, Judith | Looking for Mr. Goodbar (1977) |
| Looking for Trouble / Cowles, Virginia Spencer | Ladies Courageous (1944) |
| Loop, The / Coomer, Joe | Loop, The (2010) |
| Loop, The / Coomer, Joe | Bird of the Air, A (2011) |
| Lorax, The / Seuss, Dr. | The Lorax (2012) |
| Lord Jim / Conrad, Joseph | Lord Jim (1965) |
| Lord Love a Duck / Hine, Al | Lord Love a Duck (1966) |
| Lord of the Flies / Golding, William | Society, The (series) (2019) |
| Lord of the Flies / Golding, William | Lord of the Flies (1990) |
| Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (series) / Tolkien, J. R. R. | Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) |
| Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (series) / Tolkien, J. R. R. | Lord of the Rings, The (1978) |
| Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (series) / Tolkien, J. R. R. | Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) |
| Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (series) / Tolkien, J. R. R. | Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) |
| Lords of Discipline / Conroy, Pat | Lords of Discipline (1983) |
| Loretta Lynn: Coal Miner's Daughter / Lynn, Loretta | Coal Miner's Daughter (1980) |
| Lorna Doone / Blackmore, R.D. | Lorna Doone (1951) |
| Losers, The / Diggle, Andy | Losers, The (2010) |
| Losing Isaiah / Margolis, Seth J. | Losing Isaiah (1995) |
| Lost Child of Philomena Lee, The / Sixsmith, Martin | Philomena (2013) |
| Lost City of Z, The: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon / Grann, David | Lost City of Z, The (2017) |
| Lost Horizon / Hilton, James | Lost Horizon (1973) |
| Lost Moon / Lovell, Jim | Apollo 13 (1995) |
| Lost Ones / Cameron, Ian | Island at the Top of the World, The (1974) |
| Lost Weekend, The / Jackson, Charles R. | Lost Weekend, The (1945) |
| Lost World / Crichton, Michael | Lost World (1997) |
| Lost World, The / Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan | Lost World, The (1960) |
| Lost World, The / Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan | Lost World, The (1998) |
| Loudest Voice in the Room, The: How Roger Ailes and Fox News Remade American Politics / Sherman, Gabriel | Loudest Voice, The (series) (2019) |
| Love and Death on Long Island / Adair, Gilbert | Love and Death on Long Island (1997) |
| Love and Other Drugs / Reidy, Jamie | Love & Other Drugs (2010) |
| Love and Other Natural Disasters / Hannay, Allen | Tiger's Tale, A (1987) |
| Love Insurance / Biggers, Earl Derr | One Night in the Tropics (1940) |
| Love Letter, The / Schine, Cathleen | Love Letter, The (1999) |
| Love Machine, The / Susann, Jacqueline | Love Machine, The (1971) |
| Love Story / Segal, Erich | Love Story (1970) |
| Love's Lovely Counterfeit / Cain, James M. | Slightly Scarlet (1956) |
| Loved One, The / Waugh, Evelyn | Loved One, The (1965) |
| Lovely Bones, The / Sebold, Alice | Lovely Bones, The (2009) |
| Loverboy / Redel, Victoria | Loverboy (2005) |
| Lovers and Other Strangers (play) / Bologna, Joseph | Lovers and Other Strangers (1970) |
| Lovers Must Learn / Fineman, Irving | Rome Adventure (1962) |
| Lucifer Effect, The: Understanding How Good People Turn Evil / Zimbardo, Philip | Stanford Prison Experiment, The (2015) |
| Luck of Barry Lyndon, The / Thackeray, William Makepeace | Barry Lyndon (1975) |
| Luck of Ginger Coffey, The / Moore, Brian | Luck of Ginger Coffey, The (1964) |
| Lucky One, The / Sparks, Nicholas | Lucky One, The (2012) |
| Lucky Stiff, The / Rice, Craig | Lucky Stiff, The (1949) |
| Lunatic, The / Winkler, Anthony C. | Lunatic, The (1991) |
| Lurking Fear, The (short story) / Lovecraft, H. P. | Lurking Fear (1994) |
| Lurking Man, The / Rommel, Keith | Lurking Man, The (2017) |
| Lust for Life / Stone, Irving | Lust for Life (1956) |
| Lydia Bailey / Roberts, Kenneth Lewis | Lydia Bailey (1952) |
| Lysistrata (play) / Aristophanes | Chi-Raq (2015) |